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Artist: Hoyt Axton
Canonical path: /hoyt-axton/midnight-in-memphis
Related lyric paths: 6
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Midnight In Memphis
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Midnight In Memphis
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It's midnight in Memphis
All the girls are out tonight
It's midnight in Memphis
But my true love is not in sight
Oh,the neon is glowin'
But I just can't see the light
Well I'm followin' my footsteps
Tryin' to find myself a friend
Followin'my footsteps
Just to see where it might end
Oh, I'm tryin' to break these blues
But I can't even get 'em to bend
Chorus:
Midnight in Memphis
Where would you take me away?
Midnight in Memphis
It's a long, long time before day
It's burnin' on Beale Street
Can't you hear the engines roar?
It's burnin' on Beale Street
There's a girl in every door
Girl in every door
It don't matter what you got
They're asking even more
I heard the river risin'
Risin' up over my head
I heard the river risin'
And this is what it said
Said "I don't need no live ones
I just take care of the dead"
Repeat chorus
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